Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Staffing issues force early closing of Flash Flood Water Park for the season
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Ongoing staffing issues is forcing the City of Battle Creek to close the Flash Flood Water Park for the season one day earlier than originally scheduled. The final day f...
Aug 31, 2021
MSP Fire Marshal Office helping in investigation of two fires at Marshall vacant home
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The State Police Fire Marshal Office is being brought in to help with the investigation into a pair of fires Saturday morning at a home in Marshall. A house at 318 South Lin...
Aug 31, 2021 jonel hanopol / CC
Pennfield School Board names interim superintendent
PENNFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Pennfield School Board of Education named an interim superintendent Monday night, following the resignation of the previous superintendent just as the school year start...
Aug 31, 2021 Courtesy Pennfield Schools web site
Pennfield HS student injured after being struck by vehicle
PENNFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Pennfield High School student was injured Monday afternoon after being hit by a vehicle near the school. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened ar...
Aug 31, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Construction worker killed while working on I-94 in Van Buren County
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say a 35-year-old construction worker from Grand Rapids was killed Friday evening after being struck by a semi-tractor trailer on I-94 in Van Buren Cou...
Aug 30, 2021 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Two Saturday fires at Marshall home under investigation
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A pair of fires that broke out at in the same house in Marshall on Saturday are under investigation. Marshall Fire Chief Martin Erskine told WWMT-TV the first fire started a...
Aug 30, 2021 Arseni Mourzenko
Body of missing fisherman found Sunday in Barry County lake
CARLTON, TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The body of a fisherman missing since August 21 has been found after apparently drowning on Middle Lake in Barry County's Carlton Township. The Barry County Sherif...
Aug 30, 2021 Barry County Sheriff's Dept. logo
Fiery Wednesday night crash in Calhoun County kills Sheridan Township woman
CLARENCE TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 23-year-old woman was killed Wednesday night in a fiery crash near Albion. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department says it happened just before 9:00 p.m. on 28 Mi...
Aug 27, 2021 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Justice Center in Battle Creek closed again due to air conditioning failure
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - Due to an air conditioning failure, Calhoun County offices and courts in the Justice Center in Battle Creek will be closed once again on Friday. This will be the third straig...
Aug 27, 2021
Battle Creek bank robbery suspect arrested at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - A 41-year-old man suspected of robbing the PNC Bank on Capital Avenue SW Tuesday morning has been arrested in a Hammond, Indiana casino. According to a news release issued by...
Aug 26, 2021 Photo courtesy City of Battle Creek
